SYLLABUS

Main Group Metal Chemistry (26:160:577)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This graduate level course will cover the basics as well as recent advances and developments in main group chemistry. Special emphasis will be given to the synthesis, properties, and reactivity of main group organometallic compounds. Several topics of intense current research such as the synthesis of inorganic/organometallic polymers and luminescent materials, the development of powerful Lewis acids, the stabilization of low-valent metal complexes, the realization of multiple bonding in main group chemistry, and the applications of main group organometallic species in homogeneous catalysis will be discussed.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate Level Inorganic Chemistry

INSTRUCTOR

Prof. Frieder Jäkle, Olson Hall; Room 230; Tel. (973) 353-5064 Please use email for contact whenever possible: [email protected] Office hours: Upon arrangement (please email)

COURSE MATERIALS

Lecture material will be provided (posted on the web site) and is based on the recommended books and articles from the current literature.

Recommended Texts (optional; will be available on reserve in Dana Library): Inorganic Chemistry, 4th Ed. by Housecroft and Sharpe (Pearson, 2012). ISBN-10: 0273742752 or any other general text on Inorganic Chemistry you may have from your undergraduate studies. Organometallics, 3rd Ed. by Elschenbroich (Wiley-VCH, 2006). ISBN: 978-3-527-29390-2 Main Group Strategies towards Functional Hybrid Materials by T. Baumgartner, F. Jäkle, Eds. (Wiley, 2018). ISBN 9781119235958

COURSE INFORMATION

Relevant course information will be posted at https://blackboard.rutgers.edu Click "Login" and type your username and password, which are identical to your Rutgers email Follow the link for my courses and select "26:160:577 Main Group Metal Chemistry". GRADING

Quizzes / Homework 20% Midterm Exam 20% Presentation OR Written Assignment (tbd) 20% Final Exam (Cumulative) 40%

Short quizzes (during the class period) and/or homework problems will be offered regularly.

The midterm and final exam will consist of questions, which typically require a detailed written answer. Make-up exams will only be given when legitimate reasons established according to the "University Policy" are presented in writing.

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE

Lecture Topic

1 01/27 Introduction

2 02/03 Overview of Main Group Elements and General Trends

3 02/10 Overview of Main Group Elements and General Trends

4 02/17 Synthetic Aspects

5 02/26 Synthetic Aspects WEDNESDAY 6 03/02 Characterization

7 03/09 Bonding Aspects: Aggregate Phenomena

8 03/13 OR 03/16 Midterm Exam (1.5 h) (tbd) Bonding Aspects: Metallophilicity

03/23 No Class - Will meet 03/13 or 03/16 instead

9 03/30 Bonding Aspects: M-M Bonding in Groups 2,12; Group 13 Clusters

10 04/06 Bonding Aspects: Low Valent Compounds & Multiple Bonding

11 04/13 Applications: Lewis Acids: Sensory Materials & Small Molecule Activation

12 04/20 Applications: Organic Synthesis & Catalysis; Polymerizations

13 04/27 Applications: Inorganic / Hybrid Polymers with Main Group Elements

14 05/04 Applications: Conjugated Materials and Polymers with Main Group Elements

05/11 Final Exam: 6:20 – 9:20 pm [a] Add/Drop period: January 21-28, last day to drop with W: March 30

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